Bred by
Mr Gorwood of Yorkshire, and racing first for Mr Gorwood and then for Mr J Clifton of
Lancashire, he is said to have won nineteen races in England, of which fourteen were
4-mile races. He defeated the best horses of his day, including Abba
Thule (b c 1786) and Rosalind (ch f 1788), later the dam of Hyacinthus
(ch c 1797) and Whitelock (b c 1803
Hambletonian), and taproot of
Family
2-l.

Described as standing 15 hands 1
inch and of great grandeur he was said to be perfectly sound with
remarkably good action. William Williams, ("Panton" of the American
Turf Register), said of Citizen* that he "had more accurate
proportions and higher finish - a more game, Arabian look and carriage
than any native or imported that I ever had the pleasure to look
upon."

From 1796 to 1802 he stood at
Charles Smith's Rochdale stud near Manchester and later at George Wall's
Bartonfield stud near Longford, in Derbyshire, where in 1797 he was
rated the equal of Hambletonian (b c 1792
King Fergus)as a sire.

Imported into North Carolina by
General Stephen Wright Carney of Halifax County, he landed at
Portsmouth, Virginia, in the ship Gosport in 1803, then 18 years old. He
stood first at General Carney's stud, moving to Virginia in 1807.

He made an enormous contribution
to American bloodstock breeding and was said to have covered over 500
mares in 6 years. His best son was Jackson's Pacolet (gr c 1808), whose
daughters were often bred to Stockholder (b c 1819
Sir
Archy). Stockholder himself was produced by a daughter of Citizen*,
and Stockholder's sister Rarity (br f 1815) had a distinguished career
on the Virginia turf. The very popular Pacolet - Stockholder nick
provided 3x3 inbreeding to Citizen*.

His daughters were invaluable. An
unnamed daughter, owned by Colonel William Ransom Johnson, foaled Sir
Archy's best son Sir Charles (ch c 1816) who led the sires' list 5
times. Sir Charles's sister Janette (ch f 1822) winner of many 4-mile
races for the John C Stevens' stable of New York, was considered a mare
of the highest class.

Another unnamed daughter was the
dam of Marion (b c 1820) who sired Maria West (b f 1827), she being
thus inbred to Citizen* 2x3, and it is worth noting that the whole of
American
Family 1 descends from her.

Citizen* died at about the age of
25 and was buried at Oaklands, later the home of Colonel William Ransom
Johnson.

Pedigree

Citizen

Pacolet

Blank

Godolphin Arabian

Amorett

Whiteneck

Crab

Young Whiteneck

Princess

Turk

Regulus

Crab Mare

Fairy Queen

Young Cade

Routh's Blackeyes

Race Record

In 1789 running for Mr Gorwood he won £50 at Chesterfield. Won £50 at
Leicester, beating Mr Finch's Vision, Sir T Cave's Scugg and Mr Throsby's Tenderling. The next day he won
another £50 at the same place.